Family of Engelbert I and Margaret of GELDERN

Husband: Engelbert I (c. 1129-1189)
Wife: Margaret of GELDERN (c. 1154- )
Children: Adolf VI (1176-1218)
Engelbert II of BERG (1185-1225)

Husband: Engelbert I

Name: Engelbert I
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1129 (est)
Occupation Count of Berg
Title frm 1160 to 1189 (age 30-60) Count of Berg
Death 1189 (age 59-60) Serbia
Cause: killed near Kovin, Serbia on his way to the Holy Land

Wife: Margaret of GELDERN

Name: Margaret of GELDERN
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1154 (est)

Child 1: Adolf VI

Name: Adolf VI
Sex: Male
Spouse: Berta of SAYN ( -1244)
Birth 1176
Title frm 1189 to 1218 (age 12-42) Count of Berg
Occupation Count of Berg
Death 7 Aug 1218 (age 41-42) Damiette

Child 2: Engelbert II of BERG

Name: Engelbert II of BERG
Sex: Male
Birth 1185 Schlossburg
Occupation Archibishop of Cologne and Martyr
Religion Roman Catholic
Death 7 Nov 1225 (age 39-40) Gevelsburg
Burial 24 Feb 1226 Cologne Cathedral

Note on Husband: Engelbert I

Count Engelbert I of Berg (d. July 1189 in Serbia) ruled the County of Berg from 1160 to 1189. He was the son of Adolf IV of Berg.

 

Through his loyalty to the German Emperor and the Archbishops of Cologne he succeeded in stabilising the county and increasing its revenues. He took Bensberg Palace, Neu-Windeck and Elberfeld.

 

In July 1189 he was killed near Kovin, in Serbia, while on his way to the Holy Land with the crusade of emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

 

His sons were:

 

Count Adolf VI of Berg (d. 1218) and

Count Engelbert II of Berg (d. 7 November 1225), otherwise known as Engelbert I, Archbishop of Cologne and as Saint Engelbert.